State roster

Top names in Maine

The names most likely to appear on 1919 Maine birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,271 Maine births in 1919 across 435 distinct names.

Distinctively Maine

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Maine more than they say America.

#32Cecileoutside the national top 200
#30Jeannette#184 nationally
#49Gerardoutside the national top 200
#51Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#54Lioneloutside the national top 200
#57Carrolloutside the national top 200
#58Linwoodoutside the national top 200
#68Armandoutside the national top 200
#25Arlene#156 nationally
#71Lucienoutside the national top 200
#72Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#56Wilfred#184 nationally

Girls

#1Mary281US #1
#2Dorothy185US #3
#3Ruth157US #5
#4Helen147US #2
#5Margaret136US #4
#6Alice111US #13
#7Evelyn102US #11
#8Elizabeth97US #8
#9Barbara94US #60
#10Virginia94US #7
#11Pauline90US #36
#12Frances88US #9
#13Doris86US #18
#14Phyllis85US #84
#15Marie78US #12
#16Marjorie77US #33
#17Florence75US #14
#18Irene75US #16
#19Lillian72US #17
#20Marion72US #44
#21Rita70US #54
#22Mildred68US #6
#23Beatrice65US #41
#24Eleanor65US #30
#25Arlene53US #156
#26Edith51US #29
#27Gertrude51US #39
#28Gladys51US #21
#29Hazel51US #32
#30Jeannette50US #184
#31Muriel50US #133
#32Cecile48
#33Ethel46US #28
#34Louise46US #20
#35Madeline43US #139
#36Thelma43US #31
#37Anna42US #10
#38Catherine41US #23
#39Rose41US #19
#40Charlotte40US #79
#41Esther40US #38
#42Lucille39US #27
#43Marguerite39US #96
#44Bertha38US #52
#45Katherine38US #51
#46Shirley38US #89
#47Eva36US #55
#48Geraldine36US #68
#49Grace35US #34
#50Maxine35US #85
#51Priscilla35
#52Edna34US #22
#53Lois34US #40
#54Christine33US #116
#55Bernice32US #42
#56Ida31US #57
#57June31US #64
#58Martha31US #25
#59Pearl31US #56
#60Anita30US #146
#61Annie29US #35
#62Blanche29US #97
#63Elsie28US #47
#64Kathleen28US #101
#65Hilda27US #123
#66Jeanette26US #135
#67Norma26US #83
#68Carolyn25US #165
#69Lorraine25US #62
#70Theresa25US #102
#71Clara24US #43
#72Ellen24US #92
#73Yvette24
#74Anne23US #63
#75Laura23US #71
#76Alberta22US #120
#77Janet22US #126
#78Josephine22US #26
#79Julia22US #48
#80Nellie22US #69
#81Patricia22US #114
#82Arline21
#83Constance21US #182
#84Jean21US #37
#85Emma20US #45
#86Mabel20US #78
#87Rachel20US #150
#88Vivian20US #72
#89Alma19US #76
#90Irma19US #160
#91Vera19US #65
#92Annette18
#93Betty18US #15
#94Harriet18US #113
#95Lena18US #94
#96Myrtle18US #67
#97Yvonne18
#98Ella17US #87
#99Germaine17
#100Jennie17US #93

Boys

#1John236US #1
#2Robert223US #4
#3George164US #6
#4William153US #2
#5Joseph142US #7
#6James140US #3
#7Charles138US #5
#8Raymond115US #14
#9Harold113US #13
#10Arthur106US #19
#11Donald105US #17
#12Richard100US #12
#13Edward95US #8
#14Albert92US #18
#15Ralph82US #22
#16Kenneth81US #26
#17Paul76US #15
#18Walter72US #11
#19Frank70US #9
#20Lawrence69US #38
#21Henry64US #16
#22Ernest61US #36
#23Roland54US #119
#24Alfred53US #42
#25Francis52US #34
#26Norman52US #48
#27Louis51US #28
#28Gerald48US #70
#29Philip48US #71
#30Clarence47US #25
#31Herbert47US #40
#32Leo46US #49
#33Roger45US #124
#34Harry44US #20
#35Thomas42US #10
#36Stanley39US #37
#37Bernard38US #45
#38Frederick38US #64
#39Maurice38US #108
#40David36US #27
#41Howard36US #24
#42Eugene35US #33
#43Everett35US #93
#44Fred35US #30
#45Clifford34US #60
#46Carl33US #29
#47Theodore31US #54
#48Clayton29US #149
#49Gerard28
#50Leon28US #80
#51Earl27US #31
#52Gordon26US #86
#53Russell26US #50
#54Lionel25
#55Clyde24US #67
#56Wilfred24US #184
#57Carroll23
#58Linwood23
#59Roy23US #32
#60Edgar22US #89
#61Lewis22US #74
#62Lloyd22US #58
#63Chester20US #53
#64Daniel20US #51
#65Edwin19US #52
#66Elmer19US #44
#67Leslie19US #105
#68Armand18
#69Leonard18US #39
#70Lester18US #62
#71Lucien18
#72Reginald18
#73Arnold17US #94
#74Leroy17US #55
#75Vernon17US #65
#76Alton16US #199
#77Patrick16US #166
#78Claude15US #92
#79Floyd15US #59
#80Gilbert15US #102
#81Irving15US #111
#82Merle15US #182
#83Victor15US #68
#84Clifton14US #150
#85Emile14
#86Oscar14US #88
#87Ronald14US #171
#88Andrew13US #47
#89Cecil13US #78
#90Guy13US #148
#91Herman13US #61
#92Perley13
#93Stephen13US #97
#94Allan12
#95Clinton12US #167
#96Harvey12US #85
#97Martin12US #81
#98Melvin12US #56
#99Milton12US #73
#100Samuel12US #43

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑34Clyde#55
↑30Everett#43
↑29Catherine#38
↑29Maxine#50
↑27Roy#59
↑26Linwood#58
↑26Lucien#71
↑24Leslie#67

Falling

↓34Andrew#88
↓31Josephine#78
↓31Guy#90
↓27Annette#92
↓26Laura#75
↓25Myrtle#96
↓24Yvonne#97
↓24Ella#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.